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As L.A. County deaths pass 2,000, a warning that 'the virus is still out there waiting'
Los Angeles County accounts for nearly 60% of the state's total COVID-19 deaths
Watch: Kevin Hart surprises Philadelphia nurse on 'Kimmel'
Kevin Hart surprised a nurse from his hometown of Philadelphia on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
Vaccination and coronavirus: Public good clashes with choice, freedom
With scientists striving for a viable coronavirus vaccine, do calls for freedom of choice and anti-vaccination sentiments represent a worrying omen?
UBC researchers develop biodegradable medical masks made from wood fibre
Mask made from B.C. wood fibres could solve potential supply issues, researcher suggests.
Little sense of shared grief as virus deaths near 100,000
Death is hitting the country unevenly, and Trump is counting on a polarized and fragmented response to prevent the toll from sinking his presidency.
Coronavirus Pandemic Threatens to Derail Polio Eradication--but There's a Silver Lining
COVID-19 has stifled the world’s largest immunization program. Yet polio’s vast workforce is also helping in the fight against the new disease -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Computerized games offer hope for patients with traumatic brain injuries
Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have left hundreds of thousands of veterans and active duty service members truggling with traumatic brain injuries. Even mild cases can have lasting effects. Dr....
Blood test may predict worsening MS
A new blood test might help doctors predict whether someone's multiple sclerosis may soon get worse.
Woods, Manning vs. Brady, Mickelson in golf, NASCAR race top live sports on weekend
Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning will take on Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson in a charity golf match Sunday as part of a very limited live sports schedule this weekend.
Judge sanctions Trump administration over failure to disclose documents in census case
A federal judge has sanctioned the Trump administration for its failure to produce hundreds of documents during legal proceedings over a controversial though now-barred 2020 census question.
Coronavirus: Immune clue sparks treatment hope
Better understanding of Covid-19's impact on the immune system gives hope an existing drug might aid recovery.
In Tijuana, paramedics encounter hidden death toll not captured in COVID-19 statistics
UCLA and Mexico researchers find a dramatic increase in out-of-hospital deaths in Tijuana.
Moderna provides cursory glance at first COVID-19 vaccine data
The firm says its experimental mRNA vaccine is safe and induced promising levels of antibodies in a small Phase I clinical trial
Preventing 'cytokine storm' may ease severe COVID-19 symptoms
A clinical trial in people with the new coronavirus is testing a drug that may halt an overactive immune response before it ramps up.
Senators hope to ramp up COVID-19 testing in nursing homes
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said at the hearing that she has been recommending universal testing for all residents and employees of nursing homes.
Orange County reports highest daily death toll from coronavirus
Orange County recorded 14 new coronavirus-related fatalities Thursday, an uptick that officials attribute to outbreaks of the virus in nursing homes.
Pioneering AIDs researcher Max Essex on a frenzied search for answers
Life stories from Paul Farmer, Drew Faust, Howard Gardner, Annette Gordon-Reed, Martin Karplus, Toshiko Mori, Steven Pinker, E.O. Wilson, and many more, in the Experience series. During an earlier pandemic that even today is...
Proposed budget cuts threaten safe opening of California schools, leaders say
coronavirus: Officials doubt schools can reopen safely if they must cut budgets
Sex bias in pain research
It is increasingly clear that male and female humans and rodents process pain in different ways. And that there are important differences in the underlying mechanisms involved at genetic, molecular,...
Cord Blood Study Provides Insights on Benefits, Limitations for Autism Treatment
In a recent study, Duke researchers tested whether a single infusion of a unit of a child’s own or donor cord blood could improve social communication skills in children between...
Drug combination could eliminate side effects of once-popular diabetes treatment
A new study shows how an effective but largely abandoned treatment for Type 2 diabetes could be used again in combination with another drug to eliminate problematic side effects.
Smartphone app to help assess anemia by taking a picture of a person’s eyelid
A doctor can quickly get an idea of whether someone is anemic by pulling down the person’s eyelid and judging its redness, a color indicating the number of red blood...
Obesity not related to how close you live to fast food or gyms
A new study has shown no correlation between obesity and how close you live to fast food restaurants or gyms. Studies from other countries have previously indicated that these factors...
Gallup: Fewer Americans are avoiding public places
Gallup unveiled new data Thursday showing that significantly fewer Americans avoided public places by the end of last week compared with the start of the week and the previous month.
Coronavirus death toll tops 3,500 as more than two-thirds of California moves to reopen
Los Angeles County will likely reach 2,000 deaths on Thursday, as the number of COVID-19 infections continues to mount.
There are two versions of the coronavirus. One’s not more dangerous than the other
Differences among patients, not the genetic makeup of the coronavirus, determines how severe COVID-19 will be, a study finds. Factors such as a person’s age and white blood cell counts are associated with...
Ion transport and regulation in a synaptic vesicle glutamate transporter
Synaptic vesicles accumulate neurotransmitters, enabling the quantal release by exocytosis that underlies synaptic transmission. Specific neurotransmitter transporters are responsible for this activity and therefore are essential for brain function. The...
Projecting the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the postpandemic period
It is urgent to understand the future of severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission. We used estimates of seasonality, immunity, and cross-immunity for human coronavirus OC43 (HCoV-OC43) and HCoV-HKU1 using time-series data...